SPIN's Week in Review, July 21-25

Setting a somber tone for the week, a local Baltimore hero fell unexpectedly, but DJ K-Swift's influence lives on. 50 Cent, on the other lighter hand, has no interest in influencing your late-night munchies, as rap's big bully sued Taco Bell for essentially having a sense of humor. We poked a bit of fun at Curtis in one of this week's features, and put together some other pop-culture commentary calling out everyone from Shaq to Enrique Iglesias. Elsewhere, both the Eagles of Death Metal and Cold War Kids returned to the scene. Remember when:

What we learned from DJ K-Swift: Baltimore and hip-hop have lost a unique talent.. SPIN.com remembered the Baltimore radio personality and DJ who brought the B-more club scene national and reminded us to Dance Pain Away.

What we learned from Damon Albarn: There is life after Blur; it's just hard to keep track of it.. With the announcement that Albarn would formally release his opera score for Monkey: Journey to the West, we dissected the tangled web of Damon's post-Britpop demon days.